With my 1.62 m I am one of the smallest teachers at our after school care. While eating fruit in the circle, a boy asked me about my age. “Forty-two,” I said. He looked at me in bewilderment. “Miss, you are old for your height.”
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A version of this article also appeared in the January 21, 2023 newspaper
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